Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. She also serves as Co-Chair and Director of Public Education at the Council on Contemporary Families, a non-profit, nonpartisan association of family researchers and practitioners based at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been featured in many newspapers such as The New York Times, as well as scholarly journals such as Journal of Marriage and Family, and she is frequently interviewed on national television and radio.

Stephanie Coontz - PopTech Talk
What makes an ideal marriage? Stephanie Coontz, a professor of history and family studies and author of "Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage," says that marrying for love is a radical idea.

When child care costs more than college
Last year child care cost more than the average in-state college tuition in 31 states, according to a report by ChildCareAware.org. Stephanie Coontz from the Council on Contemporary Families discusses.

How to lift women from poverty
An estimated 42M women in the country are living in poverty, and the average woman is paid 77 cents for every dollar the average man earns. Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College discusses a new Shriver Report looking at women and poverty.

How poverty affects us equally
In the fight against poverty, supporting women in need can, in fact, help men as well. Stephanie Coontz joins to discuss how we must embrace this idea.

The role women play in the war on poverty
2014 marks 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty in his State of the Union address. This week, a groundbreaking investigation takes a look at poverty from a number of fronts, including economic inequality and how it correlates to the wage difference between men and women.

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